The top 6 media/entertainment startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield
Every year, TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders , and of them, the top 20 compete on the big stage to become the winner, taking home the Startup Battlefield Cup and a cash prize of $100,000. But the remaining 180 startups all blew us away as well in their respective categories and compete in their own pitch competition.
Here is the full list of the media/entertainment Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on why they landed in the competition.
Alltroo
What it does: Helps celebrities manage their charity giveaways and fan engagement awards.
Why it's noteworthy: Alltroo manages the sweepstakes processes that involve a celebrity, be it an event with the celeb or a donation to charity giveaway, from promotion to managing entries to picking the winner.
METAPYXL
What it does: Metapyxl protects digital media with content management tools.
Why it's noteworthy: This platform provides artists and content creators with tools for watermarking, tracking usage, licensing terms, and analytics.
Nebula
What it does: A music gallery where fans get to support their favorite artists and earn royalties on them as they help them succeed.
Why it's noteworthy: Fans buy tokens in music tracks at a price the artists set and can earn royalties as that track is streamed.
Oriane
What it does: Oriane offers a search tool that can find brands and trends in videos using natural language search.
Why it's noteworthy: From tracking a brand's mentions to tracking content creators, searching for videos has remained difficult. This platform offers AI-powered text, image, and video clip searching.
Othelia Technologies
What it does: AI-powered storytelling platform that helps humans create.
Why it's noteworthy: Othelia is designed to map a story's structure, find connections, and offer overviews so storytellers can build, edit, and work with complex worlds.
Transitional Forms
What it does: Transitional Forms runs live simulations from prompts.
Why it's noteworthy: This patent-pending framework lets anyone create, remix, and export instant video simulations from a mobile device. The startup says it's building SocialTV, the future of entertainment.
